Roller skate brake



Feb. 20,` 1940. A. ICKENROTH 2,191,018

ROLLER SKATE BRAKE Filed Oct. l. 1937 EEA.-

Patented Feb. 20, 1940 `UNITED ST l ROLLER SKATE BRAKE Anthony Ickenroth, Brentwood, Mo." Application (lctober 1, 1937, Serial No. 166,741

2 Claims.

raising the toe of the skate the brake is automatically applied.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a brake for a roller skate so arranged that the tension of the brake may be controlled by the user, in order that he may go full speed, slow down, or stop altogether, as desired.

A further and principal object of the invention is to provide a roller skate so formed that its movement may be fully controlled by the user at all times, thus providing such a skate which can be used by even a novice in perfect safety.

With the above and such other objects in View, as may hereinafter inorc fully appear, I have invented the device shown in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure l is a side` elevational view oa roller skate, in normal position, embracing my invention, and partly broken away;

Figure 2 is a similar View, showing the brake applied;

Figure 3 is a rear elevational view of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section on line lt--li of Figure 1;

Figure 5 is a perspective view of my brake, shown removed from the skate; and l Figure 6 is a detail perspective view of a brake shoe.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the iollowing specication, and in the several views in the drawing, in which l indicates a roller skate of usual construction, and to which is attached my improved brake il. This brake consists of a nickel, frame 3, having side walls l and 5, and a rear wall t. The rear portions l and 3 of the walls t and 5, and the rear wall t, project downwardly on an inclineand form a housing for a solid soft rubber brake `shoe 9, which so pivoted between the walls 'l and by a bolt it* that the lower wall portion ll pro-` jects about one-fourth of an inch below the lower edges l2, lli and ld of walls 6,1 and El.

The walis l and li forni arms which are adapted 55 to project on each side of the bracket member l5,

, the rear wheels of the skate.

(Cl. 280-1L20) of the skate 1 which carries the boxing I6 for Provided `in the forward ends lll and i8 of walls l and 5, are slots E9 and 2E? inclined to conform to the inclination Y of the `forward edges of the members l5 and I5" and adapted to receive a flat cotter pin 2l, by means of which the brake member 2 is held in position upon the skate. The upper edges 22, 23, and 2d of said walls l and 5, are adapted `to seat up against the plate of the skate and the projections Et and 2l from said walls are adapted to seat under the rear axle 23 of the skate, thus the brake frame is held in rigid position. Now, normally, the brake shoe, which is pivotallyheld to the walls "i and by a pin 29, is held about threeeightbs of air inch above the` skating surface, however, when the skater raises the toe of the skate the `brake shoe 9 drops to engagement with said lower portion and eiectively braking the speed of the skate; The pin 29 may be withdrawn and the brake shoe turned to let one of its l other surfaces or tt come ntobraking position when therst wall t3 becomes too worn for effec tive action. p

Having now describedmynvention, that which I claim to be new, and desire to procure by Letters Patent ,isi

1. In a. device of the class described, in combination with a roller skate having a frame and a rear wheel, a bracket member supporting the wheel,` said wheel having an axle, a frame substantially U-shapedin contour having side walls and a rear wall, said side walls straddling the bracket member, said side walls having projections engaging about the end portions of the axle for retaining the frame in operative position about the rear of the skate, a brake shoe carried` by the frame, means pivotally mounting the brake shoe in the frame, said means extending through said shoe and through the side walls of the frame, and means carried by and extending through the forward portions the side walls and engaging the bracket for retaining the frame in operative position, the skate and frame being tiltable for engaging the brake shoe with a surface over which the skate is traveling for permitting arresting of forward movement of the skate.

2. In a roller skate brake, a sheet metal frame bent to U-shape and adapted to be positioned in straddling relation with the rear Wheel bracket of a roller skate, said frame having a flat bight portion, a braking shoe carried by the frame at the rear thereof in parallel relation with the bight portion, and a Cotter key connecting the arms of the frame at their corresponding forward ends and retaining the frame and brake shoe in operative position on the skate, said Cotter key being removable for freeing the frame and brake from the skate.

ANTHONY ICKENROTH, 

